the maker of the rubber mats i fell from tried to fob me off with his weasley test results and offered me several gifts to buy my silence, but i wont be bought .
So you're not suing him as you weren't crippled, he didn't accept gifts offered by the manufacturer, but also you wont be bought.
We're still just as much in the dark about who you're talking about as we were before you posted. Perhaps he has 'bought' you 
"laddermat" was what slipped on my ladders . just after my accident i posted on here about what happened and quite a few posted up their own bad stories about various rubber mats slipping . up till then i had thought that rubber was a good idea but its worse than useless unless you are on bone dry ground/such as high summer/ but in Britain the ground is often damp or dirty .
i would not accept gifts because the manufacturer would not believe that his mat was the reason i fell. also he wanted to have my mat back to check it over,but i believe that was really because he wanted to destroy it as it was evidence i had . ive since read in various different places about the real dangers of rubber slipping,
so i now know the risk of rubber slippin is real
the laddermat promo vid shows it being a great idea to use it on a smooth path (just like mine slid on) and the maker removed his voice over from that bit after i contacted him (likely so it wont incriminate him), but did not alter the vid itself - i believe this is very irresponsible of him, somebody else likely will slip jus like i did after believing the promotional blurb